I got pulled over today by dept of transport for one of those safety check things and they pointed out something that i'd sort of been aware of but hadn't realsied quite how bad it was. With the car on the ground if you grab either of the fron wheels at the 3 & 9 o clock positions and wiggle it side to side there is quite a bit of play, also if you jiggle the steering wheel you can hear a knocking sound before the wheels actually move.
I'd though it was down to the anti roll link rods as the ball joints were on their way out but i've now replaced these and the play is still there in the wheels.
My first though was maybe the bushes in the wishbones have gone but these don't look to be moving when the wheel is moved.
When i was pulled over they didn't seem to concerned about it and let me go but now i know it's there i'd like it sorting.
Any ideas?